The Marine Museum at Fall River is a cultural gem and contains a wealth of Fall River Maritime History especially Steam Ship and Titanic memorabilia. Discover the art, books, models and many treasures the Marine Museum holds. This is a must see
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The Marine Museum at Fall River is a cultural gem and contains a wealth of Fall River Maritime History especially Steam Ship and Titanic memorabilia. Discover the art, books, models and many treasures the Marine Museum holds. This is a must see resource for landlubbers and mariners alike.

Carol Gafford is a public librarian, family historian, amateur archivist and book savior. She is currently the youth services/outreach librarian at the Swansea Public Library and volunteers for several museum and historical societies including the Marine Museum at Fall River, the Swansea Historical Society and the Bristol Historical and Preservation society. She is the editor of Past Times, the Massachusetts Society of Genealogists and is always looking for a new project to take on.

A few thoughts on the Bruins’ 2-1 loss to the Maple Leafs on Sunday night at the Air Canada Centre in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference quarterfinals.

HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF: The person who can confidently predict what to expect next out of this Bruins team might be the first.

In Game 5, the Bruins slept in until about 9 p.m., dominated the third period and came up one goal short. Two nights later, they were decent early, nearly took the game over, and fell apart down the stretch in another one-goal defeat.

As coach Claude Julien said in his postgame press conference, they’re Jekyll and Hyde. Perhaps one of those two could score a goal.

This has been the M.O. under Julien. In his six years as Boston coach, this is the eighth of 11 series that have reached Game 7. In those series, they’ve blown a 3-0 and now a 3-1 lead. They’ve come back from down 2-0 and 3-1 to force a deciding game.

There’s no consistency, and no reason to have any expectations of certain success or failure going into Monday’s Game 7 at TD Garden. Sure, the Bruins have home-ice advantage, but would it surprise you if they came out flat and went down early? Yes, the Leafs have the momentum with two straight wins, but would it be shocking to see the Bruins dominate?

That’s what makes this Bruins team so frustrating to watch, and when they won it all two years ago, so rewarding. They’re Jekyll and Hyde in skates, and the rest of us are left in the theater watching the play, unsure whether the lights will go off at any time.

KREJCI DROPPING OFF: After David Krejci had his hat trick in Game 4, Julien was asked what shooting so much — Krejci set a career-high with eight shots on goal Wednesday — does to make Krejci more dangerous.

Julien concluded, “Maybe, everybody would like to see him do that for 82 games; unfortunately, that’s not the case.”

Those thoughts came to mind after Dion Phaneuf scored Toronto’s first goal a few minutes into the third period. The sequence began when Krejci opted not to shoot on James Reimer as he came down on a 2-on-2. Instead Krejci tried to fit in a drop pass to Milan Lucic despite Lucic being covered.

Since racking up 10 points in the first four games, Krejci has one in the last two games. He had just two attempted shots Sunday and none on net. His minus-10 Corsi was the worst on the Bruins.

The Czech center has been noted for his inconsistency for years. If he’s fallen out of rhythm — or perhaps even lost his confidence, as crazy as that sounds for a guy four days removed from a playoff hat trick — the Bruins could be looking at golf clubs awfully soon.

That meant Zdeno Chara and Dennis Seidenberg were separated for most of the game. The two got only six shifts together, half of them in the final 10 minutes when Julien shortened his defensive rotation.

With his shutdown pair broken up, Julien relied more on Chara to carry the load. The captain had 28:26 of ice time, the most of any regulation game in this series and the most he’s played in any game that didn’t go to overtime this season.

The big guy looks like he could use a rest; he was on the ice for both Toronto goals in the third period, and was clearly exhausted on Phil Kessel’s score after the Bruins iced the puck.

The bad news is he’ll have to recover quickly with Game 7 Monday.

ETC.: The Patrice Bergeron line had 21 attempted shots and eight on goal, but they need more. Tyler Seguin had a 3-on-2 in the first period and missed the net entirely; especially with a rebound-prone goalie like James Reimer, getting the puck on net is imperative. It wouldn’t be surprising if Jaromir Jagr got some time with the line in Game 7 if things don’t turn around. … Speaking of Reimer, the Bruins have let him regain his confidence. By not rushing him early in Game 5, they allowed him to feel good about himself. Now he’s lifting his team up with big saves. … Three third-period shifts for Daniel Paille for the second straight game. Not sure what Paille did wrong. … Experience mattered in Game 1 of this series. If Game 7 experience also matters, it’s advantage Bruins. Boston has a combined 105 games of Game 7 experience from 20 players; the Leafs have nine collective Game 7s from five players.